There was no fraud at the Nevada convention. There were simply rules that require all delegates at a Democratic Party state convention to be registered Democrats, and 58 Sanders delegates couldn’t prove that. Hundreds of other Sanders delegates didn’t bother to show up, as Jon Ralston reports:

Clinton only had 27 delegate positions vacant on Saturday. Sanders left 462 vacant. Clinton filled 98 percent of her available delegate slots at the State Convention, and Sanders only filled 78 percent of his available delegate slots.

The Sanders campaign are saying that’s because the convention was at the same time as the UNLV commencement ceremony … and saying Clinton supporters chose that date and time to suppress college students’ voices.
Hooey. Enough of this.

Beltwayjim
on May 17, 2016 at 6:07 pm

When you have the votes you follow the rules. No need for voice votes that are too close to call.

Linda
on May 17, 2016 at 6:07 pm

Sanders is failing the “test of leadership” and behaving and speaking in ways that say to me he was just using the Democratic Party. I find him unhinged, selfish and despicable. Your mileage may differ and I will still like you. My time for liking Sanders has passed.

But new audio obtained by CNN shows a senior Sanders aide — on the eve of the Nevada convention — encouraging the senator’s supporters try to “take over” the convention, change party rules and continue the “revolution” that Sanders has long campaigned on.
“You should not leave,” Joan Kato, the national delegates director, told Sanders supporters in a meeting last week at the Rumor Boutique Hotel. “I’m going to repeat that, unless you are told by someone from the campaign … that you can leave, you should not leave.”

Beltwayjim
on May 17, 2016 at 6:19 pm

I look at this as a two or three step process. Step one is get 2025 delegates during the primary. If both candidates fail step one go to step two at the convention. Get 2382 votes during the first couple of ballots. Step three if no one wins. Regroup.

The Clinton campaign is missing the goal. Win in November. They tried “band wagon” early. They are now trying dirty tricks. Will they win if they convince the Sanders voters that a vote for Hillery is a vote for Republican light?

I would like to see Hillary get 2025 before during the primaries. She is the one that has to do it. If she doesn’t she should see that the party thinks about November. I remember the damage the Dally machine did in 1968.

Sorry, Jim, you’re dead wrong on this. Bernie is the one who has been playing dirty tricks all along, and yes, Hillary is focused on November. I know you’re a Bernie supporter, but as CNN is reporting, this fiasco at the Nevada convention was planned by Bernie’s staff before the convention even started. This is part and parcel of his behavior the past few months. Oh, and he’s finally starting to get some real hard looks: Burlington College for one thing.